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Weightlifting at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's 82.5 kg

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Men's 82.5 kg
at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
VenueTeatro de los Insurgentes
Date17 October 1968
Competitors26 from 22 nations
Winning total485.0 kg WR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Boris Selitsky  Soviet Union
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Vladimir Belyaev  Soviet Union
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Norbert Ozimek  Poland
← 1964
1972 →

The men's 82.5 kg weightlifting competitions at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City took place on 17 October at the Teatro de los Insurgentes. It was the eleventh appearance of the light heavyweight class.[1]

Results

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Rank Name Country kg
1 Boris Selitsky  Soviet Union 485.0
2 Vladimir Belyaev  Soviet Union 485.0
3 Norbert Ozimek  Poland 472.5
4 Győző Veres  Hungary 472.5
5 Karl Arnold  East Germany 467.5
6 Hans Zdražila  Czechoslovakia 462.5
7 Jouni Kailajärvi  Finland 445.0
8 Lee Jong-seop  South Korea 440.0
9 Víctor Ángel Pagán  Puerto Rico 435.0
10 Pierre St.-Jean  Canada 435.0
11 Rainer Dörrzapf  West Germany 435.0
12 Gino Corradini  Italy 427.5
13 Juan Curbelo  Cuba 425.0
14 Mike Pearman  Great Britain 425.0
15 Aldo Roy  Canada 420.0
16 John Bolton  New Zealand 420.0
17 Fortunato Rijna  Netherlands Antilles 420.0
18 Peter Arthur  Great Britain 415.0
19 Rudolph James  Guyana 412.5
20 José Manuel Figueroa  Puerto Rico 410.0
21 Rodolfo Castillo  Costa Rica 357.5
22 José Pérez  Dominican Republic 350.0
AC Neville Pery  Australia DNF
AC Cedric Demetris  Jamaica DNF
AC Joe Puleo  United States DNF
AC Irsan Husen  Indonesia DNF

References

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  1. ^ "Weightlifting at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games: Men's Light-Heavyweight". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2020.